Move announce debut album ‘Black Radical Love’

MOVE have announced their debut album!

Titled Black Radical Love, the debut full-length from the Boston hardcore band was recorded from February 2022 to September 2022, produced and mixed by Charlie Abend at Tower Farm Studios in Billerica, MA, with additional production by comfortabledude and Reg Manson, and mastered by Arthur Rizk. It is scheduled to be released in August this year via Triple B Records.

Speaking about the new album, vocalist Corey Charpentier comments, “The record deals with our current position living underneath the US Imperialist state specifically a Black experience. The need for revolutionary change and the fact people are actively building a better future right now. It’s a tale of two records, Side A expresses our current frustrations and anger. Side B focuses on where we are going and the joy the journey brings us as we move towards a tomorrow where all people have their needs met to live their best lives. The aesthetics are a continuation of Freedom Dreams (EP, released 2021) as these songs are additional entries in a music-based political journal that have continued to evolve along with my own political education. With riffs and visuals that make you stop and take a second to appreciate the art.”

Alongside the announcement of the album, the band have released two new singles, titled Imperialist Reign and Summer Trend. The latter features Kayla Philips of BLEED THE PIGS and River Elliot of BALLISTA.

Speaking about the songs, Charpentier adds, “The songs are meant as a call to act, I want people to listen to these tracks and then move to better their conditions, I want people to move at our shows.” And specifically on Summer Trend they add, “Summer Trend is self-explanatory it’s a call out of the treatment of Black lives as a trend during the summer of 2020 not only in the mainstream culture but in the subculture of hardcore.”

Listen to Imperialist Reign here:

Listen to Summer Trend here:

Also, you can view the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below.

Track List:

1. Double Death (ft: Aaron Heard)
2. Imperialist Reign
3. Statement: Lee Lee
4. Trojan Horse
5. Summer Trend (ft: Kayla Philips, River Elliott)
6. Ode to the Pit (ft: Gjared Robinson AKA Balaram Shakti Das)
7. Statement: Deja
8. For All Not One (ft: Christine Cadette)
9. Comrade
10. 1,000,000 Experiments
11. Ascent
12. Black Radical Love

Black Radical Love is set for release on August 11th via Triple B Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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